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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Proctor, Maurine Jensen.
Contributor:
Ward, Maurine Carr, 1939- contributor.
Series:
Life writings of frontier women ; v. 1.
Life Writings Frontier Women
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Richards, Mary Haskin Parker, 1823-1860.
Richards, Mary Haskin Parker.
Missouri River Valley--Biography.
Mormon women--Missouri River Valley--Biography.
Mormons--Missouri River Valley--Biography.
Pioneers--Missouri River Valley--Biography.
Women pioneers--Missouri River Valley--Biography.
Women pioneers.
Latter Day Saint women--Missouri River Valley--Biography.
Latter Day Saint women.
Pioneers.
Latter Day Saint pioneers--Missouri River Valley--Biography.
Latter Day Saint pioneers.
Missouri River Valley.
Local Subjects:
Missouri River Valley--Biography.
Mormon women--Missouri River Valley--Biography.
Mormons--Missouri River Valley--Biography.
Pioneers--Missouri River Valley--Biography.
Richards, Mary Haskin Parker, 1823-1860.
Women pioneers--Missouri River Valley--Biography.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (354 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Logan : Utah State University Press, 1996.
Logan Utah State University Press, [2025]
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Volume 1, Life Writings of Frontier Women series, edited by Maureen Ursenbach BeecherMary Richard's journals and letters record a young woman's rare, but richly detailed view of life in the temporary Mormon pioneer communities in Iowa.
Contents:
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. The Fabric of Life; 2. A Scribe for the Women; 3. ""One of the Most beautyfull valeys""; 4. ""Weept about an houre & ...felt some better""; 5. Sleeping on the ""soft side of a bord""; 6. ""Our tent was crowded all day with folks coming in""; 7. ""These Hills are the Works of thy hands""; 8. 'Tis when I an Sick that I miss you the most""; 9. As ""a steam Boat hove in sight""; Bibliographical Register; Notes; Index
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
9780874213027
0874213029
9780585098487
0585098484
OCLC:
42856534

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